PHP serialize() Function
PHP Available Functionsserialize()This function is used to serialize an object or array and returns a string.
serialize()After the function serializes an object, it can be easily passed to other places that need it, and its type and structure will not change.
If you want to convert the serialized string back to a PHP value, you can useunserialize()。
PHP Version Requirements: PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7
Syntax
string serialize ( mixed $value )
Parameter Description:
- $value: The object or array to be serialized.
Return Value
Returns a string.
Example
Example
$sites = array('Google', 'Example', 'Facebook');
$serialized_data = serialize($sites);
echo $serialized_data . PHP_EOL;
The output result is:
a:3:{i:0;s:6:"Google";i:1;s:6:"Example";i:2;s:8:"Facebook";}
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